Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:59:11 +0000 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] PCI: brcmstb: Use BIT() as __GENMASK() is for internal use only | From | Robin Murphy <> |
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On 2021-11-15 11:20, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > Use BIT() as __GENMASK() is for internal use only. The rationale > of switching to BIT() is to provide better generated code. The > GENMASK() against non-constant numbers may produce an ugly assembler > code. On contrary the BIT() is simply converted to corresponding shift > operation.
FWIW, If you care about code quality and want the compiler to do the obvious thing, why not specify it as the obvious thing:
u32 val = ~0 << msi->legacy_shift;
Personally I don't think that abusing BIT() in the context of setting multiple bits is any better than abusing __GENMASK()...
Robin.
> Note, it's the only user of __GENMASK() in the kernel outside of its own realm. > > Fixes: 3baec684a531 ("PCI: brcmstb: Accommodate MSI for older chips") > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> > --- > v2: switched to BIT() and elaborated why, hence not included tag > drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c > index 1fc7bd49a7ad..0c49fc65792c 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-brcmstb.c > @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void brcm_msi_remove(struct brcm_pcie *pcie) > > static void brcm_msi_set_regs(struct brcm_msi *msi) > { > - u32 val = __GENMASK(31, msi->legacy_shift); > + u32 val = ~(BIT(msi->legacy_shift) - 1); > > writel(val, msi->intr_base + MSI_INT_MASK_CLR); > writel(val, msi->intr_base + MSI_INT_CLR); >
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